Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "based-on-cult-tv-series", "based-on-tv-series"

1. Baywatch (2017)

R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit, as they uncover a criminal plot that threatens the future of the bay.

Director: Seth Gordon | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario, Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Votes: 202,403 | Gross: $58.06M

2. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Crime

Incompetent police Detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

Director: David Zucker | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, O.J. Simpson, Ricardo Montalban

Votes: 185,328 | Gross: $78.76M

3. Charlie's Angels (2000)

PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Three women, detectives with a mysterious boss, retrieve stolen voice-ID software, using martial arts, tech skills, and sex appeal.

Director: McG | Stars: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray

Votes: 196,453 | Gross: $125.31M

4. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)

PG | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

SpongeBob takes leave from Bikini Bottom in order to track down, with Patrick, King Neptune's stolen crown.

Directors: Stephen Hillenburg, Mark Osborne | Stars: Tom Kenny, Jeffrey Tambor, Rodger Bumpass, Carolyn Lawrence

Votes: 102,273 | Gross: $85.42M

5. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

R | 134 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Laura Palmer's harrowing final days are chronicled one year after the murder of Teresa Banks, a resident of Twin Peaks' neighboring town.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook

Votes: 105,328 | Gross: $4.16M

6. Cowboy Bebop (2021)

TV-MA | 58 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A ragtag crew of bounty hunters chases down the galaxy's most dangerous criminals. They'll save the world--for the right price.

Stars: John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, Daniella Pineda, Elena Satine

Votes: 43,693

7. Lost in Space (1998)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Family

The Robinson family was going into space to fight for a chance for humanity. Now they are fighting to live long enough to find a way home.

Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Gary Oldman, William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc, Mimi Rogers

Votes: 74,923 | Gross: $69.12M

8. The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy

Cousins Bo, Luke, and Daisy Duke, and their uncle Jesse, egg on the authorities of Hazzard County, Boss Hogg and Sheriff Coltrane.

Director: Jay Chandrasekhar | Stars: Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Jessica Simpson, Alice Greczyn

Votes: 81,926 | Gross: $80.27M

9. Edge of Darkness (2010)

R | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

As homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the murder of his activist daughter, he uncovers a corporate cover-up and government conspiracy that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Bojana Novakovic

Votes: 99,125 | Gross: $43.31M

10. Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)

PG-13 | 83 min | Comedy, Crime

Frank Drebin comes out of retirement to help Police Squad infiltrate a gang of terrorists planning to detonate a bomb at the Academy Awards.

Director: Peter Segal | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson

Votes: 112,017 | Gross: $51.13M

11. The Simpsons Movie (2007)

PG-13 | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

After Homer pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.

Director: David Silverman | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 350,146 | Gross: $183.14M

12. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

PG | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales.

Director: Leonard Nimoy | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan

Votes: 91,571 | Gross: $109.71M

13. The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Crime

Lieutenant Frank Drebin discovers that his ex-girlfriend's new beau is involved in a plot to kidnap a scientist who advocates solar energy.

Director: David Zucker | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson

Votes: 122,371 | Gross: $86.93M

14. The Munsters (2022)

PG | 109 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Reboot of "The Munsters," that followed a family of monsters who moves from Transylvania to an American suburb.

Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Sheri Moon Zombie, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Daniel Roebuck, Richard Brake

Votes: 11,570

15. Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed.

Director: Jonathan Frakes | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton

Votes: 132,175 | Gross: $92.00M

16. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body.

Director: Leonard Nimoy | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan

Votes: 86,248 | Gross: $76.47M

17. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

PG | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

On the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace.

Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan

Votes: 80,961 | Gross: $74.89M

18. Star Trek: Generations (1994)

PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

With the help of long presumed dead Captain Kirk, Captain Picard must stop a deranged scientist willing to murder on a planetary scale in order to enter a space matrix.

Director: David Carson | Stars: Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Malcolm McDowell, Jonathan Frakes

Votes: 87,108 | Gross: $75.67M

19. Fat Albert (2004)

PG | 93 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids come to life and step out of their animated, inner-city Philadelphia world.

Director: Joel Zwick | Stars: Kenan Thompson, Kyla Pratt, Omarion, Marques Houston

Votes: 12,964 | Gross: $48.12M

20. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

PG | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Captain Kirk and his crew must deal with Mr. Spock's long-lost half-brother who hijacks the Enterprise for an obsessive search for God at the center of the galaxy.

Director: William Shatner | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan

Votes: 64,263 | Gross: $52.21M

21. Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998)

G | 96 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Scientists genetically create a new Pokémon, Mewtwo, but the results are horrific and disastrous.

Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Rica Matsumoto

Votes: 46,107 | Gross: $85.74M

22. Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

PG | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When the crew of the Enterprise learn of a Federation conspiracy against the inhabitants of a unique planet, Captain Picard begins an open rebellion.

Director: Jonathan Frakes | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton

Votes: 79,522 | Gross: $70.12M

23. Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014)

91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Twin Peaks before Twin Peaks (1990) and at the same time not always and entirely in the same place as Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). A feature film which presents deleted scenes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) assembled together for the first time in an untold portion of the story's prequel.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Chris Isaak, Kiefer Sutherland, C.H. Evans, Sandra Kinder

Votes: 12,790

24. The Avengers (1998)

PG-13 | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Two British Agents team up to stop Sir August de Wynter from destroying the world with a weather-changing machine.

Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery, Patrick Macnee

Votes: 45,450 | Gross: $23.32M

25. Reno 911!: Miami (2007)

R | 84 min | Comedy, Crime

A rag-tag team of Reno cops are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring break. Based on the Comedy Central series.

Director: Robert Ben Garant | Stars: Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, Kerri Kenney, Lennie Loftin

Votes: 27,949 | Gross: $20.34M

26. The New Avengers (1976–1977)

60 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

Secret agent Steed, working for an unnamed branch of British intelligence, is teamed up with two partners to fight evil plots for world domination, dealing with suspended animation, biological warfare, robotics, and other threats.

Stars: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Maurice Marsac

Votes: 2,607

27. Pokémon the Movie 2000 (1999)

G | 99 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Ash Ketchum must gather the three spheres of fire, ice and lightning in order to restore balance to the Orange Islands.

Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Veronica Taylor, Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ôtani, Unshô Ishizuka

Votes: 23,883 | Gross: $43.76M

28. Pokémon 3 the Movie: Spell of the Unown (2000)

G | 93 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In the town of Greenfield, a young, lonely girl's dreams and wishes are brought into reality by a collective of reality-warping Pokémon.

Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Veronica Taylor, Eric Stuart, Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ôtani

Votes: 15,270 | Gross: $17.05M

29. Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime

Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles come up with a scheme to steal large amounts of untraceable coins.

Director: Mike Clattenburg | Stars: Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith, Lucy Decoutere

Votes: 13,583

30. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (2007)

R | 86 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

An action epic that explores the origins of Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad, better known as the Aqua Teen Hunger Force, who somehow become pitted in a battle over an immortal piece of exercise equipment.

Directors: Matt Maiellaro, Dave Willis | Stars: Dana Snyder, Dave Willis, Carey Means, Andy Merrill

Votes: 14,492 | Gross: $5.52M

31. Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005 Video)

TV-MA | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The maniacal baby of the Griffin family, Stewie, meets his future self. In doing this he discovers that his future image is not what he has anticipated because of a near death experience.

Directors: Pete Michels, Peter Shin | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis

Votes: 33,422

32. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)

PG-13 | 73 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Mike Nelson and his robot companions watch and give their comments about This Island Earth (1955).

Director: Jim Mallon | Stars: Trace Beaulieu, Michael J. Nelson, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy

Votes: 18,922 | Gross: $1.01M

33. Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day (2009)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime

The boys return from jail to find the park has deteriorated, with a brand new park being created beside it. They attempt a series of get rich quick schemes and robberies, while a freshly drunk Lahey threatens to derail their plans.

Director: Mike Clattenburg | Stars: Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith, John Dunsworth

Votes: 7,905

34. Robotech: The Movie (1986)

PG | 87 min | Animation, Action, Music

Re-edited version of a Japanese TV serial combined with a direct-to-video anime, released in the U.S. as a feature.

Directors: Noboru Ishiguro, Carl Macek | Stars: Kerrigan Mahan, Iona Morris, Diane Michelle, Gregory Snegoff

Votes: 460

35. Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1992 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The grandson of Kwai Chang Kane walks out of the past. He teaches his son the Shaolin way in a temple. An evil force destroyed that temple. Father and son each believed that the other ... See full summary »

Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: David Carradine, Chris Potter, Roger Bate, Clay Caan

Votes: 546

36. SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom (2003 Video Game)

E | Action, Adventure, Comedy

SpongeBob Squarepants must collect golden spatulas on his quest to defend his home town Bikini Bottom from Plankton's evil robots.

Director: Shiraz Akmal | Stars: Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Carolyn Lawrence, Mr. Lawrence

Votes: 798

37. Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice (1994 TV Movie)

91 min | Drama, Western

Retired Marshal Matt Dillon goes after a fifteen-year-old boy who is determined to kill the men responsible for the murder of his mother during a stagecoach robbery.

Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: James Arness, Bruce Boxleitner, Amy Stoch, Alan Scarfe

Votes: 403

38. Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, Western

James Arness rides again as Matt Dillon, the U.S. Marshal he made popular in the 1955-75 television series. In this movie he goes after a renegade Apache named Wolf (Joe Lara) who has taken... See full summary »

Director: Charles Correll | Stars: James Arness, Richard Kiley, Amy Stoch, Geoffrey Lewis

Votes: 467

39. More Candid Candid Camera (1983 Video)

Unrated | 58 min | Comedy, Reality-TV

R-rated candid camera show hosted by Allen Funt.

Director: Allen Funt | Stars: Allen Funt, Brinke Stevens

Votes: 39

40. The Tiger Brigades (2006)

Not Rated | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The film, set in 1912, is about the exploits of France's first motorized police brigade.

Director: Jérôme Cornuau | Stars: Clovis Cornillac, Diane Kruger, Edouard Baer, Olivier Gourmet

Votes: 1,728

41. Xena: Warrior Princess (2006 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Gabrielle has been kidnapped by Ares to try to get Xena to join him. Can Xena save her before Gabrielle's chamber fills up with water?

Stars: Lucy Lawless, Renée O'Connor

Votes: 27

42. Xena: Warrior Princess (TV Movie)

Action, Fantasy | Announced

A reboot of the popular '90s television series, 'Xena: Warrior Princess'.

43. SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman (2002 Video Game)

E | Action, Adventure, Comedy

SpongeBob SquarePants Needs your help in this video game. Help SpongeBob as he finds the Flying Dutchman and saves his friends

Stars: Tom Kenny, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Carolyn Lawrence

Votes: 172

44. Xena: Warrior Princess (1999 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

An action game for the Playstation based on the hit TV series.

Stars: Terra Allen, Dave Wilbur, Mary Drinkwater, Adrienne Broadbent

Votes: 179

45. Quantum Leap: A Leap to Di for (2009 Video)

43 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi

Sam Beckett has leapt into a 26-year-old American male on a visit to Paris, France. Finding himself with a beautiful young British girl, all seems well until Sam discovers the exact date: ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Allen | Stars: Deborah Pratt, Beth Horn, Joshua C. Ramsey, Ed Ernstes

Votes: 62

46. Star Trek Timelines (2016 Video Game)

Sci-Fi

A temporal anomaly causes factions throughout history to travel through time and space, and battle for power. Play as these factions (Federation, Klingon, Romulan, The Klingon/Cardassian ... See full summary »

Stars: Nicole de Boer, John de Lancie, Rene Auberjonois, Avery Brooks

Votes: 36

47. Xena: Warrior Princess (2001 Video Game)

E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A Xena game for the Game Boy Color.

Votes: 12

48. Miami Vice (1986 Video Game)

Action, Adventure, Crime

Crockett and Tubbs are trying to smash a drugs ring bossed by Mr. J. You have to start at the bottom, initially busting the casual dealers before reaching their suppliers, and ultimately the casino-dwelling honchos.